JVC GZ-MG50AS, GZ-MG20AS, GZ-MG20AC Inserting/Removing an SD Card Formatting a Recording Medium

20 EN GETTING STARTED

Inserting/Removing an SD Card	Formatting a Recording Medium
You can use an SD card as a recording medium	You can format (initialise) the built-in hard disk
in the SD slot. See page 62 for the guaranteed	(HDD) or SD cards. You have to format the
media to work with this camera.	newly-purchased SD cards with this camera
Clipped Edge	before using them. This enables stable speeds
SD Card (optional)	and operation when accessing the recording
Label	medium. Be aware that all files and data
	including protected files will be erased.
	( pg. 38)

Write/Erase

Protection Tab

SD Card Cover

SD Slot

1 Set the power switch to or .

2 Press MENU. The menu screen appears.

3 Press / to select
	DIS
[REC MEDIA SETTING],	CAMERA SETTING
then press 49.	BASIC SETTING
	REC MEDIA SETTING
	DISPLAY
	QUALITY
	WIDE MODE

1 Make sure the camera’s power is off.

2 Open the SD card cover.

3 To insert an SD card, firmly insert it with its clipped edge first.

To remove an SD card, push it once. After the SD card comes out of the camera, pull it out.

●Do not touch the terminal on the reverse side of the label.

4 Close the SD card cover.

To protect valuable files

Slide the write/erase protection tab on the side of the SD card in the direction of “LOCK”. This prevents the SD card from being recorded over. To record on this SD card, slide the tab back to the position opposite to “LOCK” before inserting it.

NOTE:

Before using a new SD card, it is necessary to format the card. (
pg. 20)

ATTENTION:

Do not insert or remove the SD card while the camera is turned on, as this may cause the SD card to be corrupted or cause the camera to become unable to recognise whether or not the SD card is installed.

4 Press	/	to select
			VIDEO MODE
[FORMAT], then press
			IMAGE MODE
49.
			FORMAT
5 Press	/	to select
			CLEAN UP
[HDD] or [SD], then			COPY/MOVE
press 49.

6 Press / to select [EXECUTE], then press 49.

●By pressing the 49 button while selecting [HDD]

and holding down the button in step 5, you can erase the data on the hard disk in a format that is difficult to recover. Moreover, by repeating this procedure, you can make the data even more difficult to recover. When formatting in this way, a formatting progress bar is displayed.

●To cancel the formatting, select [CANCEL], then press 49.

CAUTION:

Do not remove the SD card or perform any other operation (such as turning off the power) during format. Also, be sure to use the provided AC adapter, as the recording medium may be corrupted if the battery becomes exhausted during format. If the recording medium becomes corrupted, format it again.

NOTE:

Do not format the recording medium on the PC. Make sure to format the recording medium on the camera.